UPDATE 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage. A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream. There…
This is a busy weekend for awards, and the first major awards have just been handed out. The winners of the 2011 Chesley Awards were announced today at Renovation, the WorldCon going on right now in Reno, Nevada. The Chesleys are given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists each year for excellence…
“This isn’t about humanity! This isn’t about the future!” So said a member of the Outcasts cast late in the show’s abbreviated run and it’s a shame because a story set in the future should be about that very thing. Creator Ben Richards wrote earlier this year, “The inspiration behind Outcasts was the desire to…
Martin Harry Greenberg, the leading anthologist and packager of short science fiction, fantasy, and superhero prose stories, and senior editor of Tekno Comix, died at his home in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Saturday. He was 70. Marty’s output was staggering– here’s one partial list of the books that he actually received credit on, and here’s…
From Win Scott Eckert- FarmerCon VI and PulpFest 2011! From the PulpFest site: “PulpFest 2011 is pleased to announce that FarmerCon VI will be held concurrently at our convention. An annual gathering for fans of Grand Master of Science Fiction Philip José Farmer, FarmerCon is rooted in Peoria, Illinois, the late author’s home town. It…
The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America to honor the best in science fiction and fantasy. The awards were announced at the Nebula Awards® Banquet held at the Washington Hilton Hotel last night. Winning Novel: [[[Blackout/All Clear]]] by Connie Willis (Spectra) Also…
…I do not think it means what you think it means.
From Airship 27 and Cornerstone Book Publishers NEW SCI-FI THRILLER FROM AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS & CORNERSTONE BOOK PUBLISHERS! HE WAS ONLY A COPY…BUT… From Andrew Salmon, the acclaimed author of the “The Light of Men”, comes another gripping science fiction novel! In the not too distant future, Earth is ravaged by a series of natural…
Possibly the very best thing for science fiction fans about the so-called digital publishing revolution is the tremendously lowered bar to entry. Concepts and approaches that traditional publishers might deem too risky to fly in the fickle retail market are finding new life on platforms like Amazon Kindle and [[[Smashwords]]]. Take, for example, [[[The Scattered…
It’s always nice to see comic artists getting respect in places outside of the clubhouse, and so they were as the eighteenth annual Spectrum awards for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art were chosen Saturday evening. Spectrum is widely considered one of the most influential art awards in the genre. Comics Gold: Rebecca Guay…
Review of Sentinels Vols. 1-3 by Mark S. Halegua Intrigue, humor, paranormal humans, aliens, androids, paranormal aliens, robots, mystery, amnesia, other planets, other galaxies, other dimensions, betrayal, cosmic villains, and battles, battles, battles. All of these are in Van Allen Plexico’s first trilogy of the Sentinels. From the first book through the third in this…
Decoder Ring Theatrehttp://www.decoderringtheatre.com/ From the Site- Welcome to Decoder Ring Theatre – home of all-new audio adventures in the tradition of the classic programs of Radio’s Golden Age. Here you will find full-length, full-cast tales of mystery and adventure to fire your imagination, with new releases on the 1st and 15th of every month, year-round!…
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